I’ll work with whoever is elected as the next president (English version of Sen. Bongbong’s statement on working with the next elected President)

13 October 2015

If he wins as Vice President in the 2016 polls, Senator Ferdinand “Bongbong” R. Marcos, Jr. sees no problem working with whoever is elected as the country’s new President in May next year.

“I don’t think I’ll have any problem working with any of the presidential candidates or prospective presidential candidates,” Marcos said today after filing his certificate of candidacy (COC) for the vice presidential post at the main office of the Commission on Elections in Intramuros, Manila.

Marcos acknowledged that there may be times when he and the new President would have different positions on certain policies or see things differently from each other.

“But in terms of a working relationship, I’m sure there’s no one that I cannot work with. That’s just not part of my thinking,” he said.

As part of the Executive Department, Marcos said the Vice President must provide support and assistance to the President.

“But of course you can also try to influence policy in ways you see best,” Marcos said.

In formally declaring his vice presidential bid last Saturday, Marcos vowed to work for the country’s unity, which he said is essential if the nation is to move forward towards a better future.

He noted that years of adversarial politics has sown disunity and has destroyed the country’s sense of nationhood.

“Adversarial politics is fine until the elections are over. Once the elections are over, we really must put all that aside and work for the national interest—- not partisan interest, not individual interest, but the national interest,”.